Where bees hide

Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel

Beekeeper John Herring removes a beehive from a water meter in the backyard of a house in Hollywood. As the weather warms and flowers bloom, bee colonies split, deploy scouts and find new places to live. Calls to bee removal services spike at this time of year, as people make the dismaying discovery that they have become landlords to up to 15,000 bees.

Beekeeper John Herring removes a beehive from a water meter in the backyard of a house in Hollywood. As the weather warms and flowers bloom, bee colonies split, deploy scouts and find new places to live. Calls to bee removal services spike at this time of year, as people make the dismaying discovery that they have become landlords to up to 15,000 bees. (Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel)

Beekeeper John Herring removes a beehive from a water meter in the backyard of a house in Hollywood. As the weather warms and flowers bloom, bee colonies split, deploy scouts and find new places to live. Calls to bee removal services spike at this time of year, as people make the dismaying discovery that they have become landlords to up to 15,000 bees.

Beekeeper John Herring removes a beehive from a water meter in the backyard of a house in Hollywood. As the weather warms and flowers bloom, bee colonies split, deploy scouts and find new places to live. Calls to bee removal services spike at this time of year, as people make the dismaying discovery that they have become landlords to up to 15,000 bees. (Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel)